In the 15 states that are likely to decide who controls the White House and the Senate in 2013, Hispanic voters will represent the margin of victory.

For the Republican Party, the stakes could not be greater. Just eight years after the partys successful effort to woo Hispanic voters in 2004, this community  the fastest-growing group in the United States, according to census data  has drifted away. .Although Democrats hold the edge, Republicans have an opportunity. We also have a record of winning Hispanic voters in certain statewide and national elections. Here are four suggestions on how Republican candidates can regain momentum with the most powerful swing voters.

First, we need to recognize this is not a monochromatic community but, rather, a deeply diverse one. Hispanics in this country include Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and many others. Some came here 50 years ago to make a better life; others came last year. Some have lots of education, some have none. The traditional Republican emphasis on the importance of the individual has never been more relevant

Actually a pretty good article. We can't let the powers that be let our election devolve into a giant food fight. Our side needs to tbe the side with the ideas...and more importatnly, be able to articulate them and frame the arguments. To me, that is Newt.

We could remind them that Obumbles voted for a bill that would allow children that survived an abortion to die from exposure/starvation.....perhaps they would have a hard time reconciling their religious beliefs with supporting an azzhole that support genocide.

This article represents a prime example of a long-held source of irritation to me.

Here's yet another author purporting to tell Republicans how to woo voting block X. You carefully read it only to find a retelling of a portion of the party's platform; in other words: Republicans need to do what Republicans have been doing all along.While accurate, the point of the article is worthless. If they want to be helpful, tell us how to convey the message to these constituents. It's their response that's lacking, not our position.

perhaps they would have a hard time reconciling their religious beliefs with supporting an azzhole that support genocide.

They may struggle with it briefly, but if we've learned anything since FDR its that most people will subordinate their moral beliefs for a few more bucks in their pocket. And thats basically what Jeb proposes to do here.

Hispanics are for the most part, hard-working, Christian and legal. They embrace and appreciate free enterprise at a greater rate than many native born Americans whose children are content to play their computer gamers, watch reality shows and slide through school without really learning anything. There are FAR more legal Hispanics than illegals here. And they are gowing in numbers and they are American.

One of the first Marines to die in the invasion of Kuwait under Bush I was an Hispanic who WALKED all the way from Honduras to America to get here and enlisted in the Marines because he wanted to be an American citizen. There are MANY other Hispanic Americans serving in our military - MANY.

Republicans are throwing away a great opportunity at a peril to the American dream by not actively recruiting this group of people and using them against the Marxist, Muslim-loving left.

Thise lunatics who support Aztlan and wave Mexican flags are the exception not the rule among Hispanics.

There are three issues that attract Hispanic voters to conservative candidates and they are three issues that the Party bosses who are always talking about reaching out to the Hispanic community like to avoid: School Choice, Pro-Life, and Opposition to Homosexuality.

Jeb forgot that some were BORN here. And some trace their ancesters back to before this was a country — even before this was a group of colonies. There were Spanish settlers in VA and FL before the Anglo colonies were established.

>What do you mean win them back? They were never with us and they are illegal.

That just isn’t true; there are plenty of American citizens who are of hispanic decent; what is very interesting is when you ask the “old blood” or the just-got-my-citizenship types about immigration issues. You would be hard-pressed to find a group that was as passionately opposed to the immigration practices we have now.

Furthermore, Peurto Ricans are from a US territory: Peurto Rico.

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posted on 01/26/2012 8:49:46 AM PST
by OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)

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